Building a Metropolis Challenge (BaMC) - based on the original rules for the Build a City Challenge (BaCC) by ClintCasey85, found at: http://boolprop.net/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=45 - Difference: reach a population of 500.000!

1. Instant City, a BaMC-Challenge
Household A-4
Fall 2, Part 2
Instant City
Household A-4,
Fall 2, Part 2

2. - … Hello and Welcome back to part 2 of Household A-4 of Instant City – a BaMC Challenge! –
‘Half of the audience is asleep already… considering that no one in their right mind would ever read this, this is quite an
achievement…’
-… Shut up… so last time, we moved into Household A-4, got the 4th generation growing up, then we sold 51 Space Suits,
unsuccessfully tried to sell one to Robinson aka Son-1 Disc….-

3. -… and now, back to counting Space Suits… 52…-
‘… you just cut that thing in half, didn’t you? Because it’s too big to upload! And you had the nerve to not waste even a
single thought on transition…!’
- We are having this conversation, don’t we? That’s a transition, isn’t it?...-
‘… you are unbelievable…. ‘

4. -…and 53…-

5. -…54…-

6. -… 55…-
‘… optimistic guess, that’s the number of brain cells anybody has left who read until here…’

7. -… 56…-

8. -…57…-

9. -…58…-
‘… sorry, but the higher number does not correlate with your brain cells anymore, dear reader, you actually lost a few since
the last slides…’

10. -… 59…-
‘… and dropping…’

11. - …60… -
‘… dropping…’
- Oh shut up, you two…!...-
‘Well, they do have a point… also, I’d like to protest against becoming a Space Man, because I was already quite happy being
a pink gorilla man…’
-… Serva – If I reconsider putting people in pink gorilla suits instead of Space Suits, what would you say?...-
‘….Only one thing: GET OUT, YOU… GORILLA FREAK, BEFORE HE ACTUALLY DOES IT!’

12. -… okay, hopefully no more interruptions…61…-

13. -…62…-

14. -…62…-

15. -… and another NPC not wanting to pay…-

16. -…63…-

17. -…64…-

18. -…65…-

19. -…66…-
‘The Not-Komei is not a number, the Not-Komei is… the Not-Komei!’
-… are you going to give them a prize? No? Then you ARE a number… now get out…-

20. -… and another non-paying NPC…-

21. -… and 67…-

22. -… and another elder…-
‘… I’m not even gonna dignify that with a response… jerk…’

23. -…68…-

24. -… 69…-
‘Gah! That’s it! You’re a pervert!’
-… I was just counting, not…! –
‘A Jerk and a Pervert! I can’t even look at you anymore *stares at the wall*…’
-… whatever…-

25. -… Seven… oops, no, Pirate Song apparently… interesting, first time I ever saw that a townie would autonomously teach that
to a Sim… -

26. -… but now, 70…-

27. -… and…-
‘*Phew*… that was a lot of work, but I pulled through… now…’
-… Okay, so you made a lot of ingredients for magic spells, sooo… what magic spell do you want to use…for your eevil
plans?...-
‘Oh, you’ll see, you’ll see… but before I go full force, I might try to… do a little field test…’

28. ‘… okay, so for this to work, Unfortunately I need to know that person… not a problem, Mom’s business perks make me
aware of all the numbers of people in the neighborhood, so I just call…Hello? Oh hi, my name’s… Richard… yeah, I know, like
the astronaut… so I just want to talk, perhaps for a later meeting on the moon… yeah well, I’m an evil Plant wizard and…
seriously, you haven’t hung up on me at this point, I only need a phone call to know you, nothing more… ehrm, yes, yes, you
could come to the moon if you want, though this was actually supposed to be a test to… yes, yes, come, it’s fun up here…
great, bye, see ya…’

29. ‘wow, that is actually easier than I thought…’
-… I’m seriously confused, not only about the fact what you are actually planning but also that you could invite somebody
after just one phone call AND after what you said… who would be so naive and…oh…!-

30. -… is that?..-
‘hehehe… everything is going according to plan…’

31. -… you? –
‘Uhm… hello? Who said that? Are you a ghost or…?’
- Ladies and Gentleman – meet Stephanie Walters… again, hopefully… we met her way, way back in Spring in Instant City,
when Professor Disc invited her to his playground actually built for his already grownup kids, promising her candy and
toys… Okay, the Professor was not going to do anything creepy to her, just testing the playground, honest… and the
sheer fact, that she once again follows a phone call of a stranger, this time to the moon no less, shows, that she might
need to work on her skill to detect that something is off…-

32. ‘Hello, my dear, I’m Richard…’
‘You are an astronaut with a green head!’
‘Heh… yes, yes I am… and also a wizard, as I told you… now I actually wanted to… but hey, you’re here, that’s all that counts,
so… wait, how did you get here – I mean, on the moon - anyway?’
‘I walked.’
‘… as did all the other townies, fair enough…. Okay, sweetie, how about this: wanna have a cool space suit, just like me?’
‘I’d prefer candy and toys… but okay…’

33. -… and so…-
‘Okay, here we go… first the helmet….’

34. ‘… very good…’

35. ‘… and then go grab a Space suit, my dear…’
‘Uhm… I can’t. I don’t have any money, Mister…’
‘It’s free! Just do it!’
‘But I don’t want to steal…’
‘Oh for… okay, author? I need to borrow your selector for a second…’
- Hey! -

36. ‘… Mr., I feel weird…’
‘HAHAHA! YES! It worked – she has a Space Suit!!’
-… Okay first – she might be able to take one on, but unlike NPC’s, townie children are actually not able to buy clothes – the
option does not appear… -
‘…WHAT??!!!’
-… and also: how is that supposed to be part of an evil plan? I want to get people into Space Suits too, so they don’t
suffocate here, I don’t see anything evil in it…-
‘… …. …. …. CURSES!!!’

37. -… so with Richard trying to sort out his idea of an evil plan, there was still a matter unresolved: a Space Suit for Stephanie…
again, townie children can’t buy stuff, even if made selectable… luckily, there are some other mods, like the Simboutique
clothing rack – actually, this is a quite handy object, which allows you to summon a neighborhood Sim you can then choose
to get a new dress in one or several clothing categories, as well as get a new makeup and even a complete facial surgery,
before teleporting them away again!... I only used it to get the Space Suit for Stephanie, though this can become really
handy if you have a new neighborhood and want to spice up the townies….-
Sim Boutique Clothingrack:
http://modthesims.info/d/284411

38. -… and to test whether or not if actually had worked, I called Stephanie over to the lot a second time… and it worked
perfectly… .
‘…It itches.’
-… I know Steph, I know…-

39. -… anyway, since Richard had a little bit of an existential crisis – saying ‘Curses’ is a sure give away in the Disc Family that
something went not according to plans/awfully wrong – Sandy had a little chat with Steph…-
‘Oh, I am so not sorry, boy, that my not-son just not lured me here…’
‘Heh – you talk funny, Miss… but that’s okay, I like traveling around, it’s nicer than being stuck in townie limbo all day… ‘

40. ‘… and now that your Son gave me this Space Suit, who knows – perhaps next time, I’ll be traveling to another world or so…’
‘You’re parents not would mind?’
‘Who?’
‘You’re not an orphan?’
‘I’m Stephanie – and I like to travel… but now I must go – thanks again, Miss, you’re weird, but nice….!’
-… Awwww... Bye Steph… see ya….-

41. -… hm, yeah, that was fun, but I guess, it’s time again for… 71… no wait, Stephanie counts too, so 72 already…. Hm…. Hm…-

42. -… okay, so since I count child astronaut as having the astronaut suits too, and I need to use the hacked coat rack to do so, I
might go as well full force and force all the townie kids into suits…-

43. -… and probably also get them a bit better haircut… seriously, what was with this girls sleeping cap…?... 73…-

44. -…74….-

45. -… 75… just to show the teleporting of the clothing rack…-

46. -… and 76… and yes, that’s actually all the townie kids that are present in Instant City… anyway, we’re done, so the clothing
rack can go… -

47. -… and we go back to our old fashioned methods of astronaut suits…77…-

48. ‘… HOLD IT! I’m still not done with my evil plan!’
- Rich, we went over this already, your plan calling people via phone to make them wear Space Suits is not evil and not…-
‘WRONG! See, I didn’t intend to get the last one invited by phone – but by MAGIC!’
*magic spell*

49. ‘… wh… where am I?’
‘… the guy was actually supposed to fall from the sky, not just appear and just stand there…’
-… might have been a glitch… anyway, he’s here… I notice, this is the second minor you used… this is getting creepy after
all… -
‘This has nothing to do with it! Just, should something backfire, I’d rather deal with somebody physically weak than a full
grown adult…’
- You have 10 body points since being plantspawned… but okay, carry on…-

50. ‘Hey chap! Welcome to the moon! Wanna have a Space Suit?’
‘…are you coming on to me, Sicko?’
‘… let me rephrase that – buy a space suit, or the next time, you’ll be teleported right over an active volcano!’
-… really smooth…-
‘… *ulp*… okay…’

51. ‘… I feel violated…’
‘Oh goodie! I am so not happy, that you are enjoying your visit in reverse here! Please feel unfree to leave no review on our
establishment!’
‘… Is this some sort of belated punishment? Just because I wanted a beer in your stupid school?’
-… oh right, you were that punk in the K Household back in 2nd Spring… nope, I didn’t plan for this, but… Karma is a bi…-
‘THIS SUCKS MONKEY§$%&!’ *leaves*
-… okay, while I don’t see any evil plan in this, this does count as an evil deed… touché Richard… also 78…-
‘HAHA! SEE! EVIL! And since I’m on a roll…’ *continues casting*

52. -… okay, so the ‘Appello Simae’ spell seemed bugged, so the Sims just appeared instead of falling from the sky…still, we got
them into their Space Suits… by the way, all of them were teenagers… you don’t stop being creepy with that, Richard…-
‘Still testing – also, creepy is kinda evil, right?’
-… it is similar, but it is not ‘awesome’ evil, rather ‘disgusting’ evil… unless you finally elaborate your plan….-
‘Okay… I’m working on a spell to control Space Suits… I have a puppet army in no time!’
-… what if they take off the Space Suits?...-
‘Uhmm…. Ehrm… CUR… no wait – I’m working on a ‘Can’t take off Space Suit’ Spell too!’
-… why not just a control clothes sp… ?...oh never mind, carry on… 79…-

53. -… by the way, while Richard summoned more Teens – we discussed the creepy issue already – we also sold Space Suit to
‘normal’ customers as well…80…-

54. -… 81…-

55. -… 82 and 83…-

56. -… 84… again, one of Richards… also, since we were doing the Suit thing, we gave them also a bit of a makeover… cash
register girl here? She has one of those faces that are rarely seen in a ‘best looking Sim’ contest… well, might be just me, but
the new make up makes her look cute to me…-

57. -… and another teen.. Compared to her original haircut seen in the customer gallery, that’s an improvement as well..85…-

58. -… and another cash register girl… 86… also an improvement…-

59. -… of course, not everything works out great… this teen looks good with her long hair, but for the suit, she needs a haircut…
sorry, 87… also, while there are some more teens in the vacation hoods and NPC teens we can’t call or invite over since they
don’t appear in the call or magic panel, this was actually the entire teen townie population…. -

60. -… so back to the ‘normal’ customers…88…-
‘HAH! DID IT! DID IT!’
-… what…?-

61. ‘I DID IT! THE SPELL WORKED!’
-… hmm… I see… so suddenly, the Appello Simae Spell works okay, Sims are falling from the sky… perhaps it’s a teen issue?
Also, Richard, stop stepping on the poor guy…-
‘They must learn, that they will now be under my iron heel of control…!’
-… it’s looks like you have your feet in his butt…-
‘EWWW!’ *Steps away*

62. -… okay, so more Space Suits were sold… 89 and 90… And Robinson came over again… what brings you here, dude ? -
‘Well, I heard there was a new evil wizard here, who forces people into Space Suits to control them… I wanted to see that!’
-… because it’s so evil…? –
‘Nah – because it is so stupid! That guy must be a retard! After all, what good would that do against the Alien forces who
don’t need Space Suits and are conspiring with my Dad in order to keep everyone here in control already?’
-… I heard he’s in a secret meeting with your Dad and the aliens…-
‘CURSES!’ *runs home*

63. -… yay, one nutcase is enough already… 91…-
‘Have an ungood day, Miss!’
-… well, one evil and one good nutcase probably balance each other off…-

64. -… 92…-
‘Huh – that’s odd… didn’t use the guy use to have long-hanging beard?’
-… thanks for bringing that up, NPC Cook who I don’t care about at all… a lot of beards needed to go in order to make room
for the helmet… actually, there was a problem with the helmet – every time, somebody with a beard took on a helmet, his
beard disappeared, even that beard would have fit under it…-

65. -… the problem for the original helmet was actually, that it was binned under the same number as a beard, which is 2 – so
beards and helmets couldn't be worn at the same time….. Luckily, that could be fixed easily – I ran the wardrobe wrangler,
searched for the helmet mesh in my folder, saved the helmet under a different bin number – top of head is a good one –
and TA-DA, problem fixed, helmets and beards don’t exclude each other anymore…and 93…-

66. -… 94…-

67. -…95…-

68. -…96…-

69. -… and then…-
‘Haha… another one teleported over to get into a Space Suit… though admittedly the whole evil thing is kinda getting
boring… might tune it down a bit… ‘
-… yeah, those Appello spells kinda drain the evilness out of a wizard… still, carry on….-

70. -… and while Sandy finds a treasure chest on the moon… don’t ask….-

71. -… we get Nr. 97…-
‘Can we stop now? Look, we have 531 customer stars already, that would be enough for 4 level 10 businesses already… and
we’re still stuck here, selling suit after suit after suit….I don’t even complain about the suits anymore, I just wanna go
home…’
-…-

72. -… 98…-
‘Does nobody listen to my pleas? Hello?...’

73. -… 99…almost…-

74. -… and 100!...-
‘Great, we can go home now! Right?! Right?!!’

75. -… 101…-
‘NOOOHOOHUHUHU…!’

76. -… 102…-
‘Hello, dear customer – unfortunately we’re out of space suits forever, so please go and never come back…!’
-… You’re talking to the mannequin…-
‘D’OH!’

77. -…103…-

78. -…104…-

79. -…105…-

80. -…106…-

82. -…107…-

83. -…108…-

84. -… hundred and…yeah, that was a strange case… she didn’t look like an NPC, and she appears in the townie bin, if I look her
up on the inseminator, but she can’t be persuaded to buy outdoor clothing… so the clothing rack was needed once again…-
‘I’ve never seen her on any lot so far, so why do you even bother…?!’
-….Sssh – we’re past that point of discussion already… well maybe she’s a hobby lot NPC or so… 109…-

85. -…110…-

86. -…111…-
‘Onehundredandtwelve, -sixteen, twohundred, thousandandboop… Muahahahaha…!’
-… hey! No interrupting my counting, or I have to start over…!-
‘AAAAAAAAAAAH…! *Sprizzl* Circuit overload*…

87. -…112.-

88. -…113… okay, that’s enough…-
‘W… What?!! Suddenly? What’s so special about…?’
- Oh, I just got bored… what about you, Richard?-
‘Mmh? Oh, I’m good, I mean evil… almost done with my ‘Control Space Suit wearer spell’… well, I have the idea how to do
it… but a break might be nice…’
-… Good! In that case – how about running your own business for once?...-
‘… okay, sounds fun…’

89. -… and so Richard, our not so evil anymore wizard – yeah, that Appello Simae spell really got the evil out of him… bought a
business…-

90. -… and once again, being the lazy couch potato I am, I snatched another one of the lots that come with the custom vacation
hood Moon base Apollo by Jawusa – this time it’s the Japanese Zen Garden (It’s an Eastern Vacation Hood)….-

91. -… changing a little of the exterior, to match it more with the style of Zarathustras Domes….-

92. -… and while we already have an Eastern Food Stand, after the long and exhausting session of selling Space Suits, I just went
with it (skipping the idea of selling tickets)…. -

93. -… and while you might not have noticed it, the reason that many of the other household members had no role so far is
because I just let them meditate in platin day and night – did wonders for their Permaplat lifetime bar and kept them out of
my hair – and they continued to do so over here, so our permaplat Servos will be running the show for now…-

94. -… and our first guest is our blonde journalist…-

95. -… and he immediately gave us a prize – Richard just continued meditating…-

96. -… oh, and I decided to let them meditate here, makes the most sense….-

97. -… of course, nothing stops mediation better than a fire…. And I already have 6 lightning rods on the lot…-

98. -… anyway, to cut a long (levelling) story short, we reached level 5 with the food stand, than switched ownership over to
another household member….-

99. -… and then Level 10, getting all the money perks from this…-

100. -… and with the business pushed to the top, I actually started to dislike 2 Eastern Food stands on the moon, so I removed
this one, and…. Tried to introduce something like an Eastern Theatre Stage on the lot… Then Karaoke Machine is just there
to make this a bit more than just a useless prop… I like it…-

101. ‘…LALALA… he suuuhuuucks so bad at this…! LALALA..’
-HEY! –
‘What? That’s what the Karaoke machine displays!’
-… whatever….Now since there are two family members still lacking their full set of money perks, we’re going to build
another lot… also, since so far I haven’t made any more attempts to give nick names to them, I’m gonna start now…-
‘Whaa.. Why now suddenly?’
- Because I say so – Valentina …because you’re the first of the girls to get a name…-
‘… Okay, I can live with that one….! Still - this is a silly reason…’

102. -… okay, only 3 nicknames left now…. And here’s our next lot, the Lunar Bowling alley, again by Jawusa…-

103. -… and its another restaurant, Oh joy…-

104. -… to bad, bowling alleys can’t be used as pay per use objects…-
‘It’s free? Weeee….!’
-… oh hi Malphaba… how the evil planning thing coming along…? –
‘… shut up…’

105. -…yeah, so to speed this one up and sell some more Space Suits, we set up a small rack and cash register outside….-

106. -… and since Malphaba didn’t have one yet, she became our first vic… customer….-

107. -… one down, hundreds more to go…-

108. -… okay, so while I’m not really fond of restaurants at this point, we still were able to sell stuff to customers…-

109. -… bring food to them…

110. -… and they even ate and liked it… though I’d really like to advise you if you ever have a Space Suit, that you should take
your helmet off first, before you try and stuff food in your mouth… than again, Astronauts live on Paste….-

111. -… anyway, no screwing up the order is worth a tip…-

112. -… and a crème prize…-

113. -… and getting to level 5 as well… btw, my idea of selling more Space Suits? Yeah, kinda backfired… everyone so far already
had one… though I was still able to sell other clothing…-

114. -… finally, a Townie that needed a Suit showed up…

115. -… and after serving her…-

116. -… she got served… 114…-

117. -… and then we got one more… 115…-

118. -… and by that time, we already reached level 10…. -

119. -… so that was it once again with the moon, we went back to earth…-

120. -… and first thing on the agenda was to look for a job in Business…-
‘… Job in Business….found!…but seriously, can’t we take anything else? You actually once put people in other jobs… Also, it’s
my first time since spawning where I’m the center of a pic - did this Notice of a job in business really need to be in front?’
- Sorry, it just popped up, 4th Greatgranddaughter-2… or should I call you… ?-
‘Oh no – a nickname now?...’
-… Anousheh! –
‘…. Business woman… got it… apologies, Mrs. Ansari, no disrespect meant, my writer is just a moronic jerk…’
-... HEYYYyyyyyeah, probably deserved that…-

121. ‘… ugh, why are we living with these people again?’
‘They moved in… or were spawned here…’
‘Oh right… next time, we need to make sure that nobody enters without our permission… oh hello, gipsy lady…’
-...-

122. -… luckily for our Servos, the gipsy lady did not want to move in, but instead decided to…-

123. -… give us another oil lamp… Nr.2 in this neighborhood so far, nice….-
‘Please don’t tell me, after space suits, you are now counting lamps…?’
- Oh don’t worry, the lamp mechanic makes any successful mass collection of lamps impossible anyway…-
‘… we need to check his download folder for hacks…’
- Hey! -

124. -… okay, as Anousheh’s pic indicated, everybody got a Job in Business now… so you know what that means - Chance Cards!…
it’s Llama donation card time again….-

125. -… and 4th Greatgrandson-1 donates and gets money for donating…hmm, donating… -
‘… let me guess: nickname, probably an astronaut who donated….’
-… Chris Austin! –
‘… okay, to the Red Cross…you know, you might have found the perfect way to give us nick names…. Your reasons are silly
and require no need to give us even base personalities…. Yet we can’t really complain about it, because this would be
disrespectful and insulting to our namesakes….’
- *smug grin* -

126. -… meanwhile, Valentina had the same luck with her donation… -

127. -… of course, everyone got promoted…-

128. -… and to preserve their platinum aspiration for the next work day, everybody prepared for meditating it out… Now Richard
decided out of boredom to magically teleport one - single -time…-
‘ I DID NOT! You made me teleport over and over and over and…!’
- *Sssssh*… don’t ruin the narrative…. *ahem* he teleported…-

129. -… and now he is not an evil wizard anymore…-
‘YOU…!... Well actually, I didn’t feel evil anymore for quite some time… and the space suit control spell was a bit silly to
begin with actually…’
- Glad, you came to your senses – now meditate! -

130. -… of course we can’t forget to pay the bills and occupy the visitors that drop off every time someone gets home…-
‘… how long is this chapter still going anyway…?’
-… oh, just about 10+ slides…-
‘… and bills were soooo important to drag this out one more??’
-… don’t we all wish bills to not be important? …-
‘… touché.’

131. … and so comes another day, another chance card, this time it’s Anousheh, asking whether or not she sell her shares….-

132. -… and selling does the trick (and the 5000)…-

133. -… same goes for 4th Greatgranddaughter-1…-
‘Do I get a nickname now too?’
-…. I’m working on it…-

134. -…. Ups, Richard chose badly, but at least he didn’t loose us money…-
‘ H…. Meh, whatever, this chapter’s almost over anyway, right?’
-… patience…-

135. -… and another promotion done successfully…-

136. -… and now for the final touch… here’s 4th Greatgranddaughter-1, the last one needing a nickname… and I decided for… wait
for it…-
‘Oh, just get over it…’
-… Anna Lee! -
‘… as my sister said, not complaining, but… why? Business astronaut, wizard astronaut… that makes… sense, but…’
‘Because you will never not become a Mom, Undear!’
‘…wh…?’
-…*whisper* and because you’re the only one here who actually has a fulfillable want– 20 lovers – sorry, Mrs. Fisher…-

137. ‘Yes – you are not going to be next generations mom, that’s why I’ve not giving you a present!’
‘… really? I’m getting out of this mess of selling space suits and having no personality?!’
‘No – you are getting out AND take our Space Suit business with you, so we’ll get rid of that…’
‘OH WOW, that’s great and… wait, did you just give me the ownership of that space suit busi…? Hey, your last speech was
not Opposite speech!’
‘Yeah, I wanted to make myself clear on that…’
‘… gee… thanks for not nothing, mom…’
‘You’re not unwelcome…!’

138. ‘… *grmbl*, great, so now I have to sell even more space suits… wait, what else is in this gift package?.... Pumpkin heads,
lamps… golf courses?’
-… I have ideas …-
‘You have ideas! Really?! Mom’s Opposite Speech must have infected you…’
-… you will sell soooo many space suits now….-
‘*Ulp!*’

139. ‘… okay, bye everybody – I boldly go where no Plantsim has gone before…’
‘Ommmmmmmm…. Dontcarebye….Ommmmm’
‘… I’ll always cherish the memories of my family… in reverse.’
-… and they wonder why I don’t give them personality… dysfunctional families are all the personality these people need…-

140. -… okay, with all said and done, we’re now finally at the end of this chapter, as winter is coming …-
‘*game of thrones music playing*’
-… yeah, yeah, whatever…-

141. -… so lets take another look at mare momentum… yeah, so after using Zarathustras original domes in attempt for serious
mars colonization, Jawusa Eastern Vacation domes kinda created a… Chinatown? Eastern town? Yeah, something Eastern…-
‘Cut to the chase: you want to gloat about the population rise again!’
-… Now you’ve ruined it… yes, the population is on the rise, which is great, but I’m also happy about the fact that we have a
lot of astronauts around… hopefully, once these Businesses become a bit more automated – at some point I really need to
train some staff to work there – this could be a nice place to…-
‘…. Yeah, yeah, close the chapter, I moved into the B-1 household already and as a Romance Sim, need some…’
-… Okay, okay…. Sheesh, always in a hurry…. Happy Simming! …-
Population:
Playables = 227 +5
Households = 89
Community Lots = 188 +2
Business Districts = 7
SM = 1[Starter] + 1[1st Bus.] +
35[7 BD] + 38[190 Bus.] = 75
= 232 x 75 = 17400